Urban Transport

​​The Boring Company was dreamt up by serial entrepreneur Elon Musk as a way of solving traffic woes, and the notoriously choked up highways of LA are among its very first targets. With a proof-of-concept tube already underway, The Boring Company has now expanded on its plans for the City of Angels.

​​Former bike shop owner Fabrizio Cross once asked himself, what would it take to get more people out of their cars and onto bicycles? His answer was "A bike that could do more, go farther, and take less effort." That vehicle now exists, in the form of the Electrom LEV (light electric vehicle).

BMW's Group Technology Office in Shanghai has put forward a mobility concept for megacities that would raise zero-emission single-track commuters above ground roads using a giant network of elevated pathways that snake through the city between key transit points.

​Electric kick scooters are 10 for a penny these days, with everything from fat-tired rollers to odd tubular creations making eyes at your wallet. Groover is a kick scooter that has its battery cells in the steering column. This can be popped out between rides for charging convenience.​

After testing the waters with beta models in Asia, the X1 Explorer has launched on Kickstarter to bring it to the US. The pedal-free electric scooter/bike should be good for nearly 40 miles of range. And its X-shaped aluminum frame can be folded to travel mode in "a split second."​​

​Kicking pavement to speed through city streets is so last century. Today's skaters can truck along effortlessly with the help of electric motors and wireless remotes. The StarkBoard doesn't need a handheld controller to speed up, making use of weight and motion sensors to get you rolling.​

​​A fanciful concept for so long, there are now some big names pumping money into flying cars. The likes of Boeing and Uber are getting very serious about putting them into the sky, the latter of which has just formed an agreement with NASA to work out how to manage all that incoming air traffic. ​

Velomobiles usually take the form of a recumbent tricycle enclosed by a streamlined body, that MIGHT have a motor to augment the rider's pedalling power. The Podbike, however, is a little different. It has four wheels, two motors … and no chain.

Honda takes the autonomous cargo hauler idea a step further with the RoboCas concept. This lovable robot companion carries your cargo (or you) around tight city spaces and even transforms into a pop-up lemonade stand or cafe when you arrive. ​​

Building a tunnel is a traditionally painstaking process that moves along at glacial pace, but The Boring Company believes it can get things done a whole lot quicker. And if an image shared by CEO Elon Musk over the week is anything to go by, it is wasting little time getting started.